CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced three grants totaling $300,000 through the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for regional development planning across West Virginia. "At the EPW Committee, we oversee and wor  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: This week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the Aviation Workforce Development and Recruitment Act. This bipartisan legislation - led by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - would address aviation workforce shortages by boosting resources to help recruit and train pilots, aviation manufacturing workers, and mechani  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Ranking Member Alma Adams (NC-12) sent a letter urging Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) to hold a hearing on the rise of child labor violations and legislative proposals to address abusive child labor. Nearly 85 years after the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), recent, high-profile news reports have under  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 8, 2023: * * * Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Nikema Williams (GA-05), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued their decision in Allen v. Milligan, striking down Alabama's racially-gerrymandered congressional map. "This decision affirms key provisions of Section 2 of th  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news on June 9, 2023: Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced a resolution urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the U.S.-Chile Tax Treaty, a negotiated agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile that would reduce double taxation and withholding rates on U.S. investments in Chile  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023, and a letter: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Education and the Workforce Committee Vice Chair Mary Miller (R-IL) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising concerns about a Wisconsin school district's Title IX policies after it was reported tha  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and member of the Appropriations Committee, released the below statement on today's groundbreaking of the Kerens to Parsons section of Corridor H. For years, Capito has delivered resources for Corridor H's completion through Congressionally Direct  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wrote a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, requesting a 60-day extension of the public comment period for the agency's rule regulating CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled power plants. In the letter, Senator Manchin also called for   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act of 2023. This bipartisan bill focuses on capturing and repurposing mine methane emissions from active and abandoned mines to be used as an energy resource across the United States. Joining Congresswoman Miller are Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), and Chris Del  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Faith leaders, activists and elected officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, took part in a community conversation Friday about how to reduce gun violence. The discussion was hosted by U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay, and state Sen. Jennifer Boysko. According to Every Town For Gun Safety, nearly 1,000 people in Virginia and more than 42,000 people nat  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on June 8, 2023: * * * "Today's indictment of President Donald Trump is the latest salvo in a long line of political assaults against the former president and leading Republican candidate for president in 2024. This is the first time the federal government has indicted a president and the first time a sitting president's administration has indicted his opponent. "President Trump has faced unprecedented at  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Representatives Joe Courtney, Gregory W. Meeks, and Ami Bera introduced the AUKUS Undersea Defense Act, H.R. 3939. This bill supports the AUKUS Trilateral Security Framework by providing legislative authority to allow for the transfer of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, the training of Australian private sector defense personnel, as well as the integration o  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service is investing $1,092,000 from the National Parks and Public Legacy Restoration Fund (NPPLRF) to address three deferred maintenance projects in West Virginia's Monon  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the Federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the increased damage and risks posed by wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight issued the following testimony by Hota GangaRao, a Wadsworth distinguished professor at the West Virginia University, involving a hearing on March 30, 2023, entitled "Petrochemicals to Waste: Examining the Lifecycle Environmental and Climate Effects of Plastic": * * * Good morning, Chairman Merkley, Ranking Member Mullin, and distingui  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and group of their colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Good Neighbor" or "Headwind" rule through  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 27 of her colleagues in urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to extend the public comment period for the EPA's latest set of proposed power pl  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,599,645 in federal funding through the Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence program to address teacher shortages by supporting Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) RTR teacher residency program. The funding will be used to recruit and support more teacher candidates from diverse backgrounds and provide them with the skills  more